Stool



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L. E. BAUER.

'- STOOL.

^ Patented Sept. 110,189.5.

BYGRAHA nrrsNr LEONORA E. BAUER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

stool..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,129, dated September 10, 1895 Application filed .Tune 11, 1895.

To @ZZ wiz/0m it may concern:

.Be it known that I, LnoNoRA E. BAUER, of the city of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in not occupied is retained in a vertical position,

and thereby forms only a slight obstruction to the movement of the saleswomen in the rear of the counter, as will hereinafter fully appear.

In the further description of the said invention which follows reference is made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, in which- Figure l is an exterior side view of the improved stool, and Fig. 2 a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a top view of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings, A is a co1- umn having a base-flange a, whereby it is secured to the floor of the store.

B is the seat, shown as circular in shape with two lugs b and c, which are hinged to the upper end of the column by means of a bolt cl. The head and nut of the bolt CZ are in ren cesses or depressions, so that they will not extend beyond the face ofthe lugs b and c and catch the clothing. The head e of the bolt, being in a recess of the same size and shape as-the head, turns with the seat, and the bolt has an eye f, to which a chain C is attached. This chain is rove around the bolt, and its lower end is attached to an eye g, forming the y the central space c'.

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Between the projection D and the nut j of the bolt is a spiral spring E and a washer 7e.

The seat B is preferably made hollow, as shown, to give lightness, and is annular in form and covered with a 'perforated Wood or veneer bottom m.

The flange of the column may be out away, as shown by the dotted line in Fig. 3, to admit Vof the stool being placed close to a column which supports the roof, should such situation be necessary.

A' lip n on the lug c, in connection with a stop o, serves to prevent the seat from turning back beyond a vertical line, and a second stop p supports the seat when it is in a horizontal position.

The nut j is screwed up until the tension of the spring is sufficient-to keep the seat in a vertical position when not in use.

' The seat is easily turned down to a hori- Zontal position when it is to be used, and when the occupant rises the seat immediately as sumes its normal or vertical position, where 4it occupies very little more room in a direction LEONORA BAUER. lVtnesses:

DAVID Fiennn, ELMEB V. Porras.. 

